Garda authorities have overpaid some serving officers and civilian staff by a total of €4.25 million over the past three years, according to reports citing figures from Garda-related audits. One outlet says that, by the end of last year, the remaining balance due from those overpayments had increased to more than €2.8 million.
The reports also describe related issues identified in the overpayment reviews. In addition to payments made to officers and civilian staff, concerns are raised about cases involving former members. In those instances, pension payments are said to have required reductions when individuals later take up roles in the public sector after retirement, but the reductions were not applied as they should have been.
The sources present the information as findings from the relevant review process, detailing both the overall scale of the overpayments and the continuing amount still outstanding at year-end, along with procedural concerns affecting pension arrangements for ex-members who return to public sector work.
